Vero - Wikipedia:Categories for discussion
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Categories for discussion (CfD) is the central venue for discussing specific proposals to delete, merge, rename, or split categories and stub types in accordance with the guidelines for categorization, category naming, and stub articles.
For detailed instructions about using CfD, see Template:Section link below. Briefly, nominations are handled through one of two processes:
- Speedy renaming and merging, for uncontroversial proposals that meet specified criteria—see Template:Section link below.
- Full discussion, for all other proposals. Discussions typically remain open for at least seven days and are closed once a rough consensus has formed or no objections to the nomination are raised.
Except in uncontroversial cases such as reverting vandalism, do not amend or depopulate a category once it has been nominated at CfD as this hampers other editors' efforts to evaluate a category and participate in the discussion.
If a discussion on the request closer's talk page doesn't resolve the issue, Move review can be used to contest CfDs limited in scope to renaming and evaluate whether the closure was consistent with the closing instructions. CfDs involving deletion should instead be reviewed at Deletion review.
Template:Anchor{{#invoke:Shortcut|main}}Template:XFD backlog For general discussion about how to improve the category system, use other appropriate venues such as Wikipedia talk:Categorization, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Categories, and relevant WikiProjects' talk pages.
Current discussions
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- Previous 8 to 21 days
- Speedy renaming requests
- Archive and indices
Closing procedure
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} {{#invoke:Shortcut|main}} After seven days, an administrator (or possibly a non-admin) will determine if consensus has formed, and close the discussion. If appropriate, the discussion instead may be relisted to allow for more discussion. Editors closing discussions must follow the administrator instructions and implement the result or log it at the Working page to ensure it is implemented. As noted at Wikipedia:Deletion process#Non-administrators closing discussions, non-admins may follow the process at Wikipedia talk:Categories for discussion/Working, and list discussion results there for an admin to review, and to log to the page directly.
Discussions awaiting closure
- List of links to individual open discussions (>7 days old): Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Old unclosed discussions - updated by User:AnomieBOT
- Full text of all open discussions (>7 days old): Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/All old discussions - powered by a Lua module parsing /Old unclosed discussions
- List of days with open discussions (>7 days old): included below from Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Awaiting closure – powered by a Lua module parsing /Old unclosed discussions
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Empty categories awaiting deletion
The categories listed below have been identified as empty using Template:Tlx, and will be speedily deleted after 7 days unless populated. (Note: Due to technical limitations, all contents of the category may not be displayed; view the category directly to see all contents.)
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